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As we rounded a bend, a waterfall came into view. And what a view it was! It was breathtaking. It wasn’t a full-force waterfall, more a soft trickling of water over smooth rocks into a large waterhole. It looked cool and inviting, and just a little bit romantic.
“This is what you wanted to show me?” I asked surprised. I didn’t see Nathan as the waterfall, waterhole sort of man. More the five-star resort pool sort of man.
“Yes. Why do you seem so surprised?” I told him what I’d been thinking. “Don’t assume you know me, Rose, because you’d be very wrong.”
“Oh really?” I asked, raising an eyebrow.
“How do you see me?” Nathan asked as he sat down on a large rock. He looked up at me, his brown eyes trying to read my face.
“I see you as a power hungry, take no prisoners, cruel, selfish, egotistic womanizer with no regard for anyone but yourself,” I bit out quickly, without giving it a second thought. For a split-second I thought I saw a look of shock in Nathan’s eyes. It vanished as quickly as it came and was replaced with a look void of any emotion.
He shrugged. “Maybe you do know me after all, Rose.” Nathan stood up and dived softly into the waterhole and I knew I’d gone too far. He surfaced and looked at me with an expectant look. “Well, are you going to get in?”
I felt a little guilty at my words but I wouldn’t change them. However, now wasn’t the time to dwell on them. I gingerly climbed over the smooth rocks and walked into the water. The rocks were slippery and the water became deep so quick, which took me by surprise. I slipped and with a scream, went completely under the water. I struggled to swim to the top when a strong hand gripped my arm and pulled me upwards.
“Rose, are you alright?” Nathan asked, as he pulled me up out of the water. I was surprised when I noted the slight concerned look on his face.
“Yes, I just slipped,” I assured him, feeling more embarrassed than anything else. I tried to pull my arm free, but he didn’t relinquish his grip. “You can let go of my arm now.”
Nathan slowly let go, making sure I had my footing, before he swam back over to where the waterfall was trickling into the waterhole.
“Come over here,” Nathan said to me in his demanding tone.
“You don’t have to talk to me like that,” I complained as I swam over to him. “You could try being nice to me. I’m not one of your employees.”
“You are like one of my employees, and besides, being nice isn’t my style.”
“So I’ve noticed,” I couldn’t help but remark dryly.
Nathan pulled himself up onto a small ledge and stood up. The waterfall trickled over him, cool water running down his body. The sight nearly took my breath away. Nathan’s tall, tanned body, muscled perfectly, with a light covering of dark brown hair on his legs, chest, and forearms. His dark hair was slicked back away from his face as the water washed over it. I felt a pull deep down in my core, one I hadn’t felt with any other man.
Nathan looked down and saw me swimming beneath him, and he reached down and put his hands under my arms and pulled me effortlessly onto the ledge with him. It was only a small area, so our bodies were pressed intimately against each other. I could almost feel Nathan’s heart beating in his chest and I was sure that he could feel mine. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled us closer together. I could feel just how much Nathan wanted me and I felt a shiver run though my entire body.
“Are you cold?” Nathan asked, his voice husky. I could only manage to shake my head. It certainly wasn’t the water making me shiver. I actually started to feel a heat rising up inside of me, warming my whole body, making me feel a little lightheaded. If Nathan hadn’t been holding onto me so tight, I would have fallen over. If Nathan hadn’t been holding on to me, I wouldn’t have felt like this at all.
“I want you, Rose,” Nathan whispered in my ear. “More than I’ve ever wanted anyone.”
“You just want me because no one else has. You want to claim me, make me all yours, you can’t share...anything,” I murmured. I was fighting it, but I was enjoying Nathan’s hands on my body too much.
“So? What’s wrong with that? After you’ve been with me, Rose, you’ll never want anyone else anyway.”
I had to laugh. “Really? How do you manage to carry your ego around?”
Nathan let me go. “I can see why you’re still a virgin, you’re not very good at this whole foreplay thing.”
I felt myself getting angry. “How dare you! Why I’m a virgin is none of your business!”
“Have I hit a nerve? You sound a little touché.”
“No, you haven’t.” But I know that he had. I turned and jumped back into the water. I wasn’t going to stay here and put up with this. I put up with a lot from him, but not this. I swam over to the edge and got out.
Nathan followed behind me and we quickly towelled off and walked back to the cabin in silence. We got back there just before it began to rain.
